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Ben Ullery

Jul 17, 2026

29:50
And maybe I'll modify the question a little bit, but what do you see in the students that you have right now? What do you feel like is important for them to either understand or explore in addition to all of the good stuff, like the technique, learning repertoire, how to memorize, how to play with a beautiful sound, all of this? What do you see as a skill that is really important for young musicians right now?
30:19
Well, you know, one thing that I've thought about a lot is just that I think it's important with being a musician to try to maintain curiosity about music.
30:45
the musical repertoire and the, and the tradition of performing, even if it's not directly related to what you have to study right now, if that makes sense, you know, and for me, I, You know, when I was a kid, I should say, like, I didn't always...
31:10
I wasn't sure that I wanted to be a musician until I was, like, maybe 13 or so.
31:14
And for me, what got me... really interested in it was I was learning Brooke violin concerto.
31:30
And I think my dad gave me a CD of again, Pinky Zuckerman playing Brooke concerto and on the same CD, he was playing Brahms concerto as well.
31:42
And I had heard the piece before, but like it, I didn't really know it that well.

7 MINS LATER

38:26
Yeah.

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